Jesse Williams’ acceptance speech for his 2016 BET Humanitarian Award may have been the highlight of that night, but the darkness that drew from it came in the form of death threats and even lost opportunities. During an interview with the Daily Beast, the “Grey’s Anatomy” star opened up about the reaction he received from…
“He was a beautiful brother, son, father, and friend. He touched the lives of so many all over the world.” A YouTube star known for his fluency in more than 20 languages died last week of heart complications. Moses McCormick had more than 11 million subscribers to his YouTube page where he frequently showed off…
OPINION: We must confront systemic barriers to Black LGBTQ mental health and approach suicide prevention through the dual lenses of LGBTQ inclusion and anti-racism Forty-four percent of Black LGBTQ youth reported seriously considering suicide in the past year, including 59% of Black transgender and nonbinary youth. I first learned of this public health crisis back…
A Little Rock, Arkansas, teacher was placed on administrative leave after community outrage erupted over claims that she forced a 5-year-old Black student to clean out his feces from a toilet. Ashley Murry says her son Ashton experienced trauma as a result of the incident and is taking legal action to protect him. Ashton’s supporters…
Source: Paul Marotta / Getty The saga over Cornel West‘s impending departure from Harvard University over a controversy about tenure gained a bit more context this week about what the noted academic previously described as his disrespectful treatment by the storied Ivy League institution. West announced on Monday that he would be leaving Harvard because…
‘I hope we can collectively continue to learn from each other & from ourselves,’ she wrote in a long tweet. Sharon Osbourne is backtracking after her fiery outburst on The Talk earlier this week. In defending her friend, former Good Morning Britain personality Piers Morgan, Osbourne shouted over her colleagues on the CBS show she…
We love getting to see these adorable little ones as they grow up and look more and more like their famous parents. Win Harrison Wilson Ciara and Russell Wilson clearly have given their son eight wonderful months of happiness. Ciara’s Instagram (@ciara) Kulture Kiari Cephus Cardi B has really enjoyed getting to style her daughter,…
During an Amazon company banquet in 2018, a supervisor of Charlotte Newman, from her account, reached underneath the dinner table and groped her thigh. As she was leaving another outing with co-workers several months later, Newman alleges the same supervisor grabbed her hair, yanked her braids and joked, “You can leave this behind.” Newman, a…
The bill features over $6 billion for food security programs, over $25 billion in emergency rental assistance and nearly $10 billion in emergency mortgage aid for homeowners President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package is being hailed by Democrats and progressive policy advocates as a generational expansion of the social safety net, providing food…
Breonna Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer (center), claps with others as they listen during a press conference held in front of Commonwealth Attorney Tom Wine’s office on March 11, 2021, in Louisville, Kentucky. | Source: Jon Cherry / Getty Activists have renewed their calls for the arrests of the police officers involved in Breonna Taylor‘s death…
